THE CLAUDETTE NICOLE READER #1: SEVEN FULL NOVELS
Seven bestselling gothic suspense novels by Claudette Nicole, back in print for the first time since the 1970s. These atmospheric tales of terror, romance, and psychological dread helped define the modern gothic suspense novel and remain gripping, dangerous, and unforgettable.
THE MISTRESS OF ORION HALL
A quiet young woman travels from Vermont to an ancient oceanfront castle steeped in legend and menace. As passion, desire, and fear collide, she realizes someone is stalking her—and may be trying to kill her. Hailed as a forerunner of modern romantic suspense.
THE DARK MILL
A nanny accepts a position caring for a beautiful child at a secluded Maine estate, only to discover the girl is a remorseless killer—and that she herself may be framed for the crimes.
THE HAUNTING OF DRUMROE
A woman plagued by prophetic visions returns to her ancestral home, where disappearance, death, and an ancient evil force her to confront whether she is being hunted—or is the source of the horror.
MOONWATER
A sister’s terrifying visions foretell murder as a Louisiana household becomes trapped between folk superstition and deadly reality.
HOUSE AT HAWK’S END
A woman retreats to a lonely coastal estate and finds herself besieged by hostility, violence, and an ancient, malevolent presence.
THE HAUNTED HEART
A woman cursed with visions of death foresees her husband’s demise—and becomes the prime suspect when it happens.
WHEN THE WIND CRIES
A riding instructor arrives at a Louisiana estate where madness, murder, and obsession are closing in.
“Claudette Nicole” was a pseudonym of the prolific Jon Messmann.
Claudette Nicole /
Anthologies, Crime Fiction, Gothic Romance, Gothic Suspense
